Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Mario Golf: Advance Tour | |
---|---|
Developer | Camelot |
Publisher | Nintendo |
System | Game Boy Advance, Wii U Virtual Console |
Release Date | Game Boy Advance JP April 22, 2004 US June 22, 2004 EU September 17, 2004 Wii U Virtual Console EU August 28, 2014 JP September 10, 2014 US September 25, 2014 |
Rating | ESRB: E |
Mario Golf: Advance Tour (known in Japan as the similar-sounding Mario Golf: GBA Tour) is a Mario-based golf game for the Game Boy Advance. It is a direct sequel to the Game Boy Color Mario Golf and is also a counterpart to Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for the Gamecube.
Story
The player chooses one of two young golfers (Neil and Ella) to control. This rookie is on a journey to win the tournaments held by four different clubs in order to become a professional golfer and earn the right to compete against the champion, Mario.
Gameplay
This game follows up on the Game Boy Color game and features the same four clubs as well as RPG elements. This includes an overworld to explore and people to talk to outside of the golf games, which utilize standard golf gameplay. The player gains experience from golfing games which helps to boost the character's stats. It is also possible to unlock custom golf clubs. The graphics, character expressions and sound for this game are notably similar to Golden Sun, which Camelot had made prior to this game.
There are also several multiplayer modes, as two to four players can play golf on the same game without the link cable, although it is still possible for multiple players to play a game with the link cable. Players can also trade golf clubs between their games.
Advance Tour can link up to Toadstool Tour to transfer Neil and Ella into the latter game as playable characters. Additionally, this will unlock four more Mario characters (Luigi, Bowser, Wario and Waluigi) for Advance Tour.
Legacy
Ports/Remakes
- In 2014, this game was released for download on the Wii U as part of the Wii U Virtual Console.
Sequels
After this game, a decade went by without any further Mario Golf installments until Mario Golf: World Tour was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2014.
Titles in the various Mario Sports Games |
---|
NES Open Tournament Golf - Mario Golf (64) - Mario Golf (GBC) - Toadstool Tour - Advance Tour - World Tour - Super Rush Mario's Tennis - Mario Tennis (N64) (GBC) - Power Tennis - Power Tour - Tennis Open - Ultra Smash - Aces Super Mario Strikers (Charged - Battle League) - Mario Superstar Baseball - Mario Super Sluggers Mario Hoops 3-on-3 - Mario Sports Mix - Mario Sports Superstars Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Winter - London 2012 - Sochi 2014 - Rio 2016 - Tokyo 2020) |